Changlu Qingliao

Changlu Qingliao was a Chan master who contributed to the development of Chan monastic practice. He is associated with the Changlu lineage and is credited with contributions to the systematization of Chan monastic procedures that helped standardize practice across the tradition's many communities.

Qingliao's institutional contributions complemented the spiritual dimensions of Chan, helping to create the stable monastic framework within which intensive meditation practice could flourish. The tradition's combination of radical inner freedom with disciplined outer structure owes much to figures like Qingliao who worked on the organizational side of the tradition.